Manicure Round-Up: August Edition
So, I’ve been diving more headstrong into doing my own creative manicures, but haven’t found the time to post about them. As a result you’re getting a bunch of them all at once! Here’s the pictures with the details of the manicures I was especially proud of during August!
Read MorePoshly Custom-Tailored Freebies
Recently, I discovered an interesting site to enter to win different beauty products, Poshly.com. In order to enter, you answer a few questions that, I know now, are market research questions. These questions range from things like “How often do you wear foundation?”, “Do you watch what you eat?”, “How would you describe your skin?”, and “How old are you?”. In hopes of winning items from brands like Clinique, Makeup Forever, and Urban Decay, I’ve answered a lot of questions trying to win!
Last week, I got an email saying that some free samples were on my way from Poshly, but no specification as to what would be coming. Great, I thought, whatever it is will be cool. I expected a little sample size lotion or something that I may or may not care to use. Instead, today I received a MASSIVE box full of full-sized products that seem to be hand-picked based on responses I gave on those little quiz questions while trying to win stuff. All of the products in the box seem to address issues I identified in my quiz responses. Turns out, this is Poshly’s goal. From their site:
Our mission at Poshly is to build personalization technologies that connect beauty brands with beauty consumers in innovative, data-driven ways. On Poshly, members discover beauty products that are best suited for their characteristics while brands better understand the preferences and personas of consumers in real-time.
So my beauty exploration and marketing worlds are overlapping! Many of these items are organic, botanical, cruelty-free, and even vegan! All the Sia Botanics products are free of Gluten, Parabens, Sulfates, and Synthetic colorants or fragrances. The Sia Botanics and L’Oreal Paris products are 100% vegan, and they plus the Infinity Sun lip balm are all cruelty-free. I tallied up the prices and the value of what I was sent is easily over $150! So thanks, Poshly! I’m going to try to post reviews of all of them over time since they’re all new products to me. Here’s the list of what I got, and where you can get them for yourself!
- Sia Botanics Desert Aloe & Jojoba Cream Cleanser
- Buy from Amazon for $16
- Sia Botanics Super C Glowing Skin Tonic
- Sia Botanics Prickly Pear Rescue Cream
- Buy from Amazon for $22
- Sia Botanics Prickly Pear Daily Moisturizer
- Buy from Walmart for $14.99
- Femme Couture Prime Wear Long Wearing Lip Creme in Glowing Grapefruit
- Buy from Sally Beauty Supply for $7.99
- Femme Couture Shiny Color Crayon moisturizing lip color in Very Berry
- Buy from Sally Beauty Supply for $5.99
- Maybelline ColorSensational lip color in Red Revival
- Buy from Walgreens for $7.99
- Infinity Sun Avance Balme in Vanilla Bean, SPF 15
- benefit They’re Real Beyond Mascara
- Buy from Amazon for $20.51
- benefit the POREfessional pore minimizer
- Buy from Amazon for $8.89
- Haus MetaDerm 100% Organic lotion for Psoriasis
- Buy from Amazon for $14.50
- L’Oreal Paris EverCreme Sulfate-Free Moisture System Cleansing Conditioner
- Mystic Divine Argon & Monoi Oils Nourishing Hair Masque
- Buy from Sally Beauty Supply for $7.49
First Foray into Striping Tape
An extensive search of my area and trips to 5 different beauty supply stores ended with my having to order nail striping tape on Amazon. Hence, it took awhile to get here, and then, since the instant motivation was gone, it’s taken me awhile to get around to using it. But now, I’m SO glad I have!
Read MoreFuzz Off, Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat
I had high hopes when I spotted the new Fuzzy Coat by Sally Hansen at my local CVS. I’d gone there searching for their new textured Sugar Coat I’d read about on a nail blog and was happy to find it and this other Fuzzy Coat. The image on the display made the nails look like a fuzzy felted sweater, almost Muppet like. I grabbed my intended target and a bottle of Sally Hansen Fuzzy Coat in Peach Fuzz, an orange and yellow production.
Read MoreThe Feeling of Authorship
It feels great to say that I have finally started self-publishing using Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing. I have been encouraged for more than a year at least by Deborah Carney’s work with BookGoodies and her Kindle coffee table photography books to start putting my photography to work and publishing a series of my own.
Read MoreManicure Madness
I’ve had a recent obsession with doing my manicures myself. For one, it’s a lot cheaper. For two, it’s fun to receive compliments and be able to say that you did it yourself . I’ve been stalking & pinning different looks on my Mani Mania Pinterest board, and working on my skills to try these. I made the leap recently to actually order some nail striping tape and dotting tools to really venture beyond nail stickers and tip guides. Let me share some of my recent creations!
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